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North Korea: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1911–2024 · 88 observations · rGDP

2024
1.72 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+3.7%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
−0.3%a year
In US dollars, 2024
$16 billionUS dollars

Real GDP

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Local currency

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20241,719,508
20231,658,106
20221,608,938
20211,611,389
20201,612,283
20191,688,826
20181,682,880
20171,755,704
20161,819,053
20151,751,302

Sources

  • Cha et al.1911–2015
  • Maddison Project Database1911–2022
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024

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North Korea documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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